Paul Thomas Anderson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I was born here in Los Angeles at what is now the Scientology Center, which was St.
No, it was Cedars of Lebanon, it was called.
Right there where Sunset and Hollywood meet, that big blue building.
Yeah, right around the corner from there.
Well, I always liked it when Adam would get angry.
You know, the violent part of him would come out.
And it was like, and I guess I saw, the story that I remember, there was a sketch called The Denise Show, where he's talking to his ex-girlfriend, Denise, who's played by Shannon Daugherty.
And it's a funny enough premise.
And he keeps trying to woo her back.
But there's a moment when he starts screaming.
I think his dad calls up and is on the speakerphone, and he starts screaming at his father.
And there was a moment where Sandler screamed.
He's so invested in it that the whites of his eyes turned black.
There was a level of anger and commitment to this performance.